Gordon c



. e. c. GREEN. v

CORSET FAST ENER. APPLICATION men FEB. 17. m9.

Patented June 24, 1919.

eonnoiv QGREEN, F s wxr'r onRRnnnsAsKAro EWAN; onNAnA,

1 CORSET-FASTENERJ I 1,3 meea I .t Taazzmmdism wa 2 Be it'knovvn that I,Gonoon'GQGnnn vlia subject of the of Great-Britaimresiding at SwiftCurrent, Province of Saskatchewan Canada', have invented certaln new anduseful Improvements 'Corset Easten ers; ofw'hich the following is as'peclficatlon.

My invention relates to a device for tening" corsets quickly and amostefl'ectlve manner. My invention comprises an .im-

plement, or hook, preferablyformed fof a single integralpieceof metalesoarranged and proportioned as to be adaptedto be inserted; through-theeye of the corset-and into engagement with the postand thereafter to beswung in a horizontaliplane so asto'po's tlon the eye over the post withtheutmost expedi-v tio n'andcertaintyl, It is especially adapted for(use in'connection with the, standard metal eyes and hooks nowju's'ed onorsets,, in

7 which the ,eye'has" a curved opening therei n terminating inanelohga'td slot. Thefend and shank portions of my improvedgdevioe areadapted togbe extended through and to closely engage within'this'slotportion of the metallic eye,- so', that the motion of, the hook is[guided and controlled by; such engagen ent; The shank portion ofmydeviceis. so ic ri s o au e zy th cors t ,to "slide easily over the sameand inwardly toward the body of the ,Wearervvhen the hook isoperativ'elypositioned and isswungacross the body of the wearer as stated, asopposed to the operation of an implement having a straight shank inwhich the operative swinging movement would tend to forcethe edge of thecorset carryin the eye away from. the body and to cause stlckingof thesame on the shank; The operative end ofthe shank comprises a shortportionwhich extends at an angle to ethe'shank, is provided with-arecess to engage the head of the posts-When the device is firstpositioned, and ,a notch in its extreme endto engage the'shank of thepost during the subsequent pivotal, ,move- 'mentof the device. For thebest results; the face ofthe operative end opposite to that in ,Which.thekrecess referredto is, positioned should be given aninclination whichis 'substantially' parallel to the axis of the handle portion of thedevice. i i

I am'awareof thelfactithat implements hav previously been devisedforebuttoning f gloves, collars, shoes, etc., having some of "thefeatures of my"dev iee.' ,';Thesehooks, hqwev er,,are sofaras I emawarefalladapti 1 qspeeifica'tion'of Letters Patent} V Patented June 24,19 19.

Application filed February 17,1919; Serial lion 277,408. I

ed to I flexible fabric button hole overla fixed button or; poet,this'jeonstitutinga distinctly difierent problemffrom the 'one involvedin fastenin an inflexible metal eye overla post. ,,The exibility oradjust ab-ili'ty,;whieh in the? first oase is providedby the flexiblelniember containing the button lloley must" in the second @casebeprovided by theeiiact form and relation of parts of the fastener,andcinniy invention'Ihaveso proas to produce the desired effect, we

by directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of. this:application and illustratijn .certain e embodiments of my invention g a.n d w ng e. 1 r pr se s front elevation of my improved deviceopjeratively'positioned through a metal eye and into engagement with thepost of a corset; L

Fig. is a plan. View of I the. device so dev ceajndj 7 is a, Sectiontaken on line 7 f 7 xb'f' Fiig. 6. v p e geReferring to the drawings,the fastener comprises a metal strip having a handle portion 1 withshank portion 2 and an operatingend portion 3 at,the end'of the shank.

of'a loop which is ofiset from the shank portion, as shown, inthedirection of "the Width of the fastener, this handle portion beingadaptedto form a firm and constitute anienlargement Which cannotpossibly be inserted through the eye of the corset. i The shank andoperating end portions 2 zandl3 are preferably of a uniform Wldth as{isshovvn'inlfigsL l and 4, adapted to extend I through and closely fitwithin the -slot ,portion of the eye of the corset, In the directiontransverse toits' vvidth the shank. portion is gently curved" inthemanner indicated [at 4 Thdoperating end portion isoffset l slightlyfrom the; shank portion, as by" suitably cutting away the; end offthelatter. ',It' @is provided a sh rt face 7 5} which pref: [.erably,isiapp'roximatelydparallel to, the axis the han Po io N This ia imayibepo'rtioned and correlated the" various parts i In rder thata; clearer'unders tanding invention maybe had; attention is here- The chandleportion preferably takes the venientg'rip for the device and also toconformed by cutting or grinding the end of the sh-ank portion2w,itsQPPQSiB 3 4 the material atthe end of the shank portion is cut back toform the slantingfsurface l6, and the face 7 which'is substantially par-@1161 $0 th opposite face;5. The end --surfaoe:

of the operating end portion is provided with a curvednotch,asisindicate'd "at 8f' A l hallpn. r ce s ,9, w ch may h ofr morer. e fe rfiul hape, is Pr ide o he a race? immediately tothe rearioftheinotched S; the sl'antil'ig' surface "6 rising 'froni the me -J theshankportion of the device I are inserted a 7. eyes w i h re n wt sellik i s ndmakes ofcorsets', the opening 10 of the eye li qu hlthe eni0 fQ 'i thiiltal eyes fll secured to'one offthe steelsl oftlle corsetindicated .12 Theey f lisr pr sented as being on 0t the lstandard metal"having atorward ly directed slot portion. 1.3.

It; wi b ob e ved tha e Widt tor th @en d and shank portion s is j:just" sufficient to enable the same to, clos,ely fit within, and sl ei houg th tp rtioe- 3Qf heey other steelifle is ijlliistr'ated as proyidedw th one ,of the" standard metal {corset 14; ar p id withfver ta ws ofeyes and posts,- ilhe end and {shank of the implement :being' insertedthrough'jthe slot of he eye a 's a e t h r cess 9 0f t e operatt me a aaw h awed- 1610f post and] the irnplement is then fswunggin horlzontalplane about the post asa fulcruni,

the device swinging away from thebody of the wearer and i then towardthe body, the

f notched end 8 engaging the shank 115 of the post as the h'andlefofithe device moves toward the'leit side of the body, atthje comward thebody of the wearer, so that vat the "completion of the movement the,post will be inserted through the opening of the eye, and

the device disengaged. fIt} is to be particularly-noted that thecurvature is so Chosen as to oausethe; eye to move inwardly toward .the'body (as fit is m evedqforwardly toward the steel during the entireinovemenh and "alsothat the close engagement of the shank "within theslot, 13 of {the eye guides the shank and tends to hold thedeviee in thedesired planehduring the movement. The eurvaturekl; :tjthe 'shank waschosen as the l.r .lt J01: 9X1 ii'en th c rva u e S n i th dr w ng.being bS Z l MHY t lfihiQl f tb' iw d be Ithe bes fadapted for t e Pu oe- *s h p v s lot th Plan 5 surface 5" on the under sideof'the berativ'e f portiong the latterjt'ermi iatin'q an, N ing' end portion,said shank portion and'e'nd end, in substantial parallelism with thehandle portion 1,- insures theg possibility of swinging the handletoward the body at the ehdibfithe operation and the certaindisengagement of the operative end from the eye at: thevoo npletion ofthe fastening movement. It willalso be noted thattheoperat' angena erthe device is readily formed on the end of the shank portion,. as bycutting away s orne of the materialfof the same, and is 1 (if what mayhe termed a skeleton form, no more metal being provided than isIe ssen-itiall for its operation in connection with {the post. It will: also benoted that whereas in thecase ofbuttoners for gloves, collars and theli'ke the fiexibilityfiof the' fabri'o in whichfithe button holeis-'.'forn1ed provides Sfi 'hVe ve to e abl d ces jvar bus n shapes andproportions to.be;used,t the infiexi t'y a i i i ha ec' er f vthe'rne aeyes ofa 'Qlset present a probleln whioh "niust be specially considered,Land I iny 1 i111? r oved impl en is devised p ially: for

t am efiw v as gr 't, r p di y a d. -1m 11 112 1 for fidiri I h swer tio,of fasten eei the eyes" ofr the h purpb e f o g his spe Pr blem J. I"Infbll'tt I lin'gthe corsetiitis preferableto posts jb'y th' use ofinyit is prefereb egt I t em hod in W h e garment. islfa ene .7

a f t ne by j stmei f h lac s au e itm y{be.ee iorm flij nuea{morequiokly, and'l'also for the reason that the garnient having once beeafiaejte, the wearer, h i e beil tv eifle ired a w: l nen an lf h ho setjfied, to e i 3. same shape a h time, yvtlle 'il nil made v ce 'w sjif thedjust n -L v nedel by l c nea n acing, is pthet qi h onetime -andjtooloose thenext,

p What I claiin is pletion of the movement. j During this move- :menttheeurvature 0 the shank aids the I 7) eye 11 to slideeasilyover theshankand to- .1. A polfset fastener hav ng a handle p'ortion and shankportion, the latter terminating in an operating e11d"portion,}said shankportion and end portion being'pI'OpO tiQQBd 'to extend through and saidshank portion to closely fit within the slot portion of astandardimetal; corset eye, when operatively peeitioned; said endportion extendlng at angle t sa ha k P h yin efie A I notc'hed'end toengage the shank o'fthe' post,

the body of the wearer", whenthe tasteneris oper v tively positionedland is iron zontallykaoross the body. Q

2, A corset fastene or ed 5 a r i ke to engage the head of a eorset postand *a meta hav ne a handle portion a dehank;

era

portion having a uniform width such that the same will extend throughand closely fit within the slot portion of a standard metal corset eye,when operatively positioned, said end portion having a face extending atan angle approximately parallel to the axis of the handle portion, andhaving an opposite face adapted to engage the head of a corset post, anda notched end adapted to engage the shank of the post, and said shankportion being so curved in a direction transverse to its width astocause the eye to slide easily.

over the same, toward the post and inwardly toward the wearer, when thefastener is op,- erated. i

3. A corset fastener formed of a strip of 7 metal having a handleportion and shank portion, the latter terminating in an operating endportion, said shank portlon and end portion being adapted to extendthrough the slot portion of a standard metal corset eye,

when'operatively positioned, said shank portion being so curved as tocause the eye to wearer, when the fastener is operatively swung acrossthe body of the wearer, and said end portion having an end and a faceadapted to engage a corset post, and an opposite face, extending at anangle to the shank portion and substantially parallel to the handleportion, adapted to allow the corset eye to disengage from the corsetfastener.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of February, 1919.

GORDON C. GREEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

